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Council and CDC approve 230-unit mixed-use project at 801-815 Mission Avenue with 10% low-income set-aside
Summary
The council and Community Development Commission approved a 230-unit, seven-story mixed-use development at 801-815 Mission Avenue, including 23 deed-restricted low-income units (10%), 5,240 sq ft of commercial space, and parking; council also approved related alley vacation and refinement to street parking; final motion passed 5-0.
City staff and the applicant presented a 230-unit mixed-use development at 801-815 Mission Avenue, a 1.5-acre downtown block that would include 5,240 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, 317 off-street parking spaces (346 total counting on-street), and 23 low-income deed-restricted units (10% of total) under state density bonus law.
Principal Planner Shannon Vitale told the council the project qualifies for a Class 32 CEQA infill exemption and that the applicant had submitted an SB 330 application in 2023 that locked in development standards. The affordable unit breakdown is 14 one-bedroom units, 7 two-bedroom units and 2 studio units; two studios are deed-restricted at 479 square feet. The applicant described design choices intended to break up building massing, provide public-facing retail and incorporate public art and tree canopy.
Public commenters raised concerns about the share of low-income units (many urged more than 23), landscape-area waivers (proposal provides 15.1% rather than 25%), parking and construction air-quality impacts; SAFER urged additional environmental review. The applicant and consultants responded that staff's environmental and air-quality analyses found no significant impacts and that a city/staff review supports the Class 32 exemption.
Council members asked about parking allocation, accessibility, affordable unit mix and outreach to Oceanside High School. Council approved staff recommendations to adopt the development plan and density bonus and confirmed the Class 32 exemption; they also approved the linked alley vacation (Item 19) and agreed to reconfigure proposed reverse-angle street parking to parallel parking on Mission Avenue to improve sidewalk continuity. Motions passed unanimously.
